Vicars built on the backs of slaves how much does britain oh in reparations millions pulled out of poverty tour in the commodity boom the pandemic could wipe out latin americas hard earned social and economic gains. Plus why a card and its new billions the german tax darling that wasnt all that was made out to be. The toppling of slave owner edward causton statue amid the black lives matter protesters race among comfortable questions about britains role in the slave trade questions live whether britain should pay reparations for more than 200 years of free labor the transportation of more than a 1000000 africans as part of the triangle trade helped build the british economy the bank of england lloyds of london and some universities have acknowledged their links to the slave trade so how much should britain pay is a way of compensation when brew. And ended slavery the government compensated slave traders with a share of 20000000. 00 pounds or 21000000000. 00 in todays money that money d
A league of our own. Take a look at this chart see that chart right there what it does is it compares the caseload thats the red line in the United States to the blue line in europe and i want to show you a couple of things theres the peak for europe you see that right there thats when they started to take some measures to try and create lockdowns for example ours came here in the United States just a little bit afterward whats fascinating is as their measures went down you can see that they pretty much broke the curve right they even the curve and it continues all the way to this day because theyre at 4000 a day in europe and its just now right here that theyre starting to finally make decisions to open things up again we here in the United States did things differently for example right there toward the end of april the beginning of may thats where texas and florida and acted their lock downs but both in texas and florida right around here they got rid of the lock downs and opened th
It all happened around 10 00 last night. Video was posted to social media of the superior courthouse entrance. You could see filled with flames and smoke. Hat area. Courthouse is not yet clear. And it appears another group of protesters broke off from the mostly peaceful demonstration and vandalized this Oakland Police station. Oakland pd tweeted pleading with organizers to keep the protests peaceful. This after windows to the front entrance of the station were shattered and the building graffitied. Fireworks were set off there. Officers in helicopters were targeted with lasers. Video from the wall of moms group in the bay at city hall. It was a peaceful march. Th wed he was sending federal troops to democraticled cities. Now to our continuing coverage of coronavirus. More testing and less waiting. If you tried to get a covid19 test in the last few weeks you may have waited hours to get it like these people waiting in line in their cars. But in san jose wait times were many of us could
We invite your participation via twitter using hashtag pmqs. Now live to the floor of the british house of commons. Can i started by congratulating the Prime Minister on his one Year Anniversary . As we look at longterm economic recovery can he assure me they required the funding to boost digital connectivity for all the people. The capable broadband to a cross the country regarding hardest to reach areas regarding 34 Million Pound package for superfast broadband helping 135,000 households. The right honorable can i start by welcoming reports of significant progress in vaccine trials in oxford. I want to thank everyone involved in this effort. National security is a top priority for labor. A serious report by the Intelligence Security committee. It concludes russia poses an immediate urgent threat to National Security in a range of activities that include espionage, interfering in democratic processes and serious crime. The primus to receive the report 10 months ago given the threat he
A back seat will the president ial candidates ever hit the road and so their brand of politics to americans before the vote follow the u. S. Election on a. Hello im sammys a than this is counting the cost on aljazeera your look at the world of business and economics this week called wall to the United States punish china for tightening its grip on hong kong by breaking the territories pegged to the dollar. Turkeys theater of war does the country on the verge of another currency shock have the money for conflict. And president putin hope to kick start the economy this year but how will he pay for his big plans amid low oil prices and the pandemic. Xi jinping as china has put aside the niceties of economic power for a more aggressive posture to neighbors and liberal democracies President Trumps america 1st policy triggered a trade war that morphed into a technological war but chinas security measures to rein in hong kong and Human Rights Violations of wiggle muslims have pushed the u. S.